This section is often known and thought of as the Ten Plagues. We are going to take a look at the overarching themes that emerge in Exodus 5-13 this Sunday. Last Sunday we saw that God revealed Himself personally to Moses, by name, and that God continues to reveal Himself to the brokenhearted. This week we will see Moses and Aaron walk in obedience to God's command, confronting Pharaoh and demanding that he let the people go. Pharaoh's response was to spiral down a path of an increasingly hardened heart. Eventually, God's power is put on display and the people are set free, but only through sacrifice. God's work of redeeming His people in this passage is foundational for the rest of the storyline of redemption in the Bible's narrative, leading us through the sacrificial system in Israel and ultimately and directly to Jesus Christ.
Plagues and Deliverance
Exodus 7-13
September 29, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel
The Ark and the Tabernacle
December 15, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel
In this sermon, we close out our series in Exodus. It’s almost hard for me to believe that it’s over so soon! I have loved the chance to walk through this foundational book of the Bible together. I hope you have been able to see how Exodus sets up the broader storyline of redemption that we see carried out through the rest of Scripture. Our closing study together will focus and the Tabernacle and the items within it. A major portion of the book of Exodus is devoted to the Tabernacle. Chapters 25-31 describe the preparation and plans in great detail, while chapters 35-40 describe how the Israelites carried out the plans to prepare it, with a dramatic close to the book of Exodus as the glory of God filled the Tabernacle. We won’t be able to read all 13 chapters in our gathering on Sunday, but we will walk through each item that made up the Tabernacle worship. We learn important things about God’s character and the nature of worship as we focus on the Tabernacle. As with all things in Exodus, the Tabernacle itself is a shadow of the ultimate that was shown to us in Christ. Because of the volume of text devoted to the Tabernacle, I encourage you to take the time to read those chapters in Exodus on your own. Making the time to do so will only enrich and illuminate this sermon for you.
Intercession & Covenant Renewal
December 8, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel
This Sunday we jump back into Exodus. When we left off, the Israelites had created a golden calf to worship. God's anger burned against these people and Moses was working to intercede for them. This week we continue with Exodus 33-34 and we will focus in on Intercession and Covenant Renewal. We can learn a lot from Moses' approach to God in prayer. And, as one commentator put it, “In the lengthy dialogue between God and Moses in these chapters we may be brought as close to God as it is possible for Scripture to take us.”
The Golden Calf
November 24, 2019 • Pastor Bill Riedel
Moses was gone on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and when he returned, the people had gone crazy in a festival to worship a golden calf they had constructed. We will take some time to try to understand the identity of the calf - what they were actually worshiping - and the reasons it was so offensive to God. There are revealing themes for us in the passage. It will be a fun one to get through together.